It hasn’t been looking good for the three strike policy in Europe to cut off file-sharers from the internet, but that isn’t stopping one politician from Germany from demanding that file-sharers should be banned from the internet.
In the same vain as the Irish music industry suing Internet Service Providers for copyright infringement. According to a German site netzpolitik.com (Google translation), the Minister for State Culture and Media is calling for a “sustainable fight against copyright infringement.”
The move is seen by some as the beginnings of a serious showdown between member states of the European Union. Earlier this month, a representative from Swedan moved to stop file-sharers from being disconnected from the internet – basically rejecting the French model of a ‘three strikes and you’re out’. The move was seen as a significant win for file-sharers in Europe, but it appears as though this won’t stop Germany from trying to disconnect file-sharers.
P2P-Blog offered a translation of what was said:
We should support initiatives that result in voluntary agreements between internet service providers and rights holders with the goal to fight copyright infringement. This issue has been addressed by the Olivennes process initiated by French president Sarkozy, and it has already been discussed by the European Commission as well.
Perhaps he missed the memo that said that an amendment rejected the idea of cutting file-sharers from the internet. It’s unclear whether or not this move is to simply ignore calls from the European Union and simply adopt the freshly rejected French model at the bidding of the music industry.
Related
- Spanish Culture Minister: No “3-Strikes” for File-Sharers
- French RIAA Announces Deadline to Ban File-Sharers from the Internet
- Japanese ISPs to Ban File-Sharers from the Internet
- Australian ISPs May Also Ban File-Sharers from the Internet
- German Book Industry to Target ‘Thousands’ of File-Sharers
They don’t get it other politicians do however. Cutting someone off of the internet is far to big of a penalty for simply file sharing. Its ridiculously obvious who’s stuffing his pockets. If they were really looking for a fair deal then they would focus on banning people from the file sharing protocols and not the entire internet. If they took this initiative it would probably pass.
Problem is that nobody but the users control the file-sharing protocols.
How on earth can any authority ban or stop any person or entity from the internet!!!??? This german politician needs a reality-check ….. and few computer classes.